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Blackstone — Blackstone Loan Financing — Q4 2020 Earnings Presentation

72 slides from Blackstone's earnings presentation, Dec 31, 2020

  1. Slide 1: Blackstone Loan Financing Limited

    HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET Blackstone Loan Financing Limited AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2020

  2. Slide 2: Table of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET I. BGLF Overview 2 II. BCF Overview 6 III. 2020 Highlights 9 IV. Fourth Quarter 2020 Results 12 V. Portfolio Activity and Outlook 19 VI. Performance 31 VII. Market Overview 37 VIII. BCF Sensitivity Analysis 45 IX. Additional Information 54 X. Key

  3. Slide 3: I. BGLF Overview

    HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET I. BGLF Overview Blackstone | 2

  4. Slide 4: Focus on senior secured corporate loans providing income and stable NAV

    BLACKSTONE LOAN FINANCING LIMITED (“BGLF”) HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET Focus on senior secured corporate loans with a goal of providing compelling income and stable NAV Strategy Overview BGLF € NAV Total Returns Components(1) 15.0% 10.5% 10.2%  Leveraged exposure to European and US floating

  5. Slide 5: Investment Opportunity Overview

    INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY OVERVIEW HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET  Provides access to a market-leading loan and CLO management platform, including CLO warehouse investment opportunities(1) Blackstone Credit’s CLO  Cost effective levered exposure to senior secured loans through term financing on b

  6. Slide 6: Ways to Invest

    WAYS TO INVEST HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET Public Shares Private Units Ticker / Share Class BGLF LN BGLP LN Class A Class C Fund Name Blackstone Loan Financing Ltd. Blackstone Corporate Funding EUR Fund Description Ordinary Shares QIAIF Units Fund Jurisdiction Jersey Ireland Total NAV(1) €402

  7. Slide 7: II. BCF Overview

    HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET II. BCF Overview Blackstone | 6

  8. Slide 8: BCF: 4Q '20 Summary Performance

    BCF: 4Q ‘2O SUMMARY PERFORMANCE HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET 12.04% 11.48% €36M €1,076M 4Q ROI ann.(1) LTM ROI(2) 4Q ’20 BCF change in BCF net assets net assets 1.92% 7.3x €402M €670M NIM(3) debt-to-equity(4) BGLF net assets BCF EUR net assets Net Assets as of 31 December 2020. (1) 4Q BCF Retu

  9. Slide 9: Blackstone Corporate Funding (BCF) Structure

    BLACKSTONE CORPORATE FUNDING (“BCF”) STRUCTURE HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET Public Shareholders Private Unitholders 477 million shares:  €822 million committed capital  91% third parties (434 million)  €0 million undrawn capital  9% Blackstone (43 million) BGLF was awarded Best closed-end

  10. Slide 10: III. 2020 Highlights

    HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET III. 2020 Highlights Blackstone | 9

  11. Slide 11: 2020 Highlights

    2020 HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET Resilient distributions  CLO securitisations in BCF continue to generate positive cashflow in BCF. The weighted average annualised cash on cash distribution rates for European and US CLO income notes was 15.6% and 17.1%, respectively, with strong c

  12. Slide 12: Additional Notes

    ADDITIONAL NOTES HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET PLEASE REFER TO SLIDE 10 (1) Blackstone Credit, Intex. As at 7 January 2021. (2) Based on the last four quarterly distributions and the share price as at 31 December 2019 and 31 December 2020. Please see the BGLF announcement on 22 January 2021 for

  13. Slide 13: IV. Fourth Quarter 2020 Results

    HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET IV. Fourth Quarter 2020 Results Blackstone | 12

  14. Slide 14: Fourth Quarter 2020 Results

    FOURTH QUARTER 2020 RESULTS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET  BGLF Distribution yield of 10.45%, as of 31 December 2020. The Board has adopted a revised Dividend BGLF Earnings Policy targeting a total annual dividend of between €0.07 and €0.08 for 2021(1) & Distributions  BGLF’s net distributabl

  15. Slide 15: BGLF Earnings & Distributions

    BGLF EARNINGS & DISTRIBUTIONS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET  BGLF Distribution yield of 10.45%, as of 31 December 2020(1)  BGLF’s net distributable earnings exceeded its declared dividends by 55% over the last 12 months, with any retained net earnings being available for share repurchases, re

  16. Slide 16: BCF Investment Activity

    BCF INVESTMENT ACTIVITY HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET  Focused on risk mitigation and ratings migration in order to maintain the overall quality of the portfolio(1)  In the fourth quarter, €1.6 billion of assets purchased and €0.7bn of assets sold, including underlying CLO and warehouse portf

  17. Slide 17: BCF Portfolio Composition

    BCF PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET  Diversified portfolio of 682 issuers invested across multiple sectors, geographies, and vintages  Portfolio of primarily senior secured and floating rate assets Country Allocations Moody’s Rating Distribution Others >Ba2 5.9% 15.1% 5.9%

  18. Slide 18: BCF Capitalisation

    BCF CAPITALISATION HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET  All capital has been called and invested  Debt-to-equity ratio of 7.3x through financing structures(1) Balance Sheet(1) (€ in millions) Assets Liabilities Directly Held Assets €141 Credit Facility (Directly Held Assets) €56 Indirect Assets 12,

  19. Slide 19: BCF Investment Activity: Financing Cost and NIM

    BCF INVESTMENT ACTIVITY HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET  Average WAC on US CLOs and US CLO warehouses declined due to falling Libor  Remaining CLO reinvestment period average of 1.9 years provide an opportunity to continue optimising the portfolio and to improve weighted average spread (“WAS”)

  20. Slide 20: V. Portfolio Activity and Outlook

    HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET V. Portfolio Activity and Outlook Blackstone | 19

  21. Slide 21: Fourth Quarter 2020 Portfolio Activity and Outlook

    FOURTH QUARTER 2020 PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY AND OUTLOOK HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET Portfolio trading activity during 4Q ’20 continued to focus on risk mitigation and rotation, with an emphasis on ratings migration and maintaining our up-in-quality bias  Higher quality loans in both US and Europe

  22. Slide 22: Fourth Quarter 2020 Portfolio Activity and Outlook (Cont'd)

    FOURTH QUARTER 2020 PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY AND OUTLOOK (CONT’D) HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET Arbitrage for CLOs issued in 2020 was supported by both a price and spread arbitrage, where discounted loans were able to be financed via CLO liabilities, ableit at the higher end of historic liability cos

  23. Slide 23: Securitisations Detail: 4Q '20 Activity Details

    SECURITISATIONS DETAIL: 4Q ’20 ACTIVITY DETAILS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET  Priced Marino Park on 4 December, which had the tightest post-COVID-19 weighted average cost of capital at the time of issuance(1). New CLO Securitisations(2) (€/$ in millions) Expected % Invested Investing Closing

  24. Slide 24: Subsequent Events – BCF Portfolio Activity

    SUBSEQUENT EVENTS – BCF PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET Vertical Risk Retention  BCF is considering a vertical retention investment which would equate to at least 5% of the principal amount of each tranche of the CLO in order to satisfy European Risk Retention requirements  T

  25. Slide 25: Summary of Investment Portfolio: BCF Portfolio

    SUMMARY OF INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO: BCF PORTFOLIO HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET  Portfolio positioning to US CLOs was reduced in the final quarter compared to 3Q ’20 as BCF reduced CLO excess positions at favourable levels  Remaining reinvestment periods decreased slightly since last quarter due

  26. Slide 26: Summary of Investment Portfolio

    SUMMARY OF INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET BCF Look-through Portfolio 1Q '20 2Q '20 3Q '20 4Q '20 QoQ Trend # Issuers / Facilities 685 / 907 674 / 902 677 / 937 682 / 952 Total Gross Par Exposure (€M) 20,181 20,458 20,544 20,064 WA Spread 3.49% 3.46% 3.47% 3.46% WA Base Rate

  27. Slide 27: BCF Look Through Portfolio Details

    BCF LOOK THROUGH PORTFOLIO DETAILS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET Portfolio Total Par Moody’s Moody’s WA Coupon WA # Par Outstanding Corporate Facility WA WA (All-In Maturity Facilities (€M) (€M) Moody’s Industry Country Rating Rating Price Spread Rate) (Years) Banking, Finance, Insurance and Re

  28. Slide 28: Euro CLO Securitisations Detail

    EURO CLO SECURITISATIONS DETAIL HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET  Defaulted asset balances are currently low within the portfolio Refi / Highest of Defaulted Reset Remaining BCF Position V aluation Ann. Cum. Interest Caa / CCC / Assets % Closing Date RI Period Deal Size Position BCF Cost as % of

  29. Slide 29: US CLO Securitisations Detail

    US CLO SECURITISATIONS DETAIL HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET  Defaulted asset balances are currently low within the portfolio Refi / Highest of Reset Remaining BCF Position Valuation Cum. Interest Caa / CCC / Defaulted Closing Date RI Period Deal Size Position BCF Cost as % of as % of Ann. Cash

  30. Slide 30: BCF Historical Default and Recovery

    BCF HISTORICAL DEFAULT AND RECOVERY HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET 4Q ’20 Default Loss Rate Since Inception Default Loss Rate 1.6% 1.6% 1.4% 1.4% 1.2% 1.2% 1.0% 1.0% 0.93% 0.8% 0.8% 0.61% 0.6% 0.6% 0.45% 0.4% 0.4% 0.2% 0.11% 0.2% 0.07% 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% BCF EUR Loans US Loans BCF EUR Loans US Loan

  31. Slide 31: CLO Securitisation Performance by Vintage

    CLO SECURITISATION PERFORMANCE BY VINTAGE HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET CLO securitisations continue to generate positive cashflow. The 4Q ’20 distribution recovered towards the long-term average as falling LIBOR fed through to lower interest accruals on CLO liabilities, reducing the effect of

  32. Slide 32: VI. Performance

    HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET VI. Performance Blackstone | 31

  33. Slide 33: 4Q '20 Return Analysis

    4Q ’20 RETURN ANALYSIS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET BGLF’s total net (NAV) return for 4Q ’20 was 6.24% Contributors to Total Return Directly EUR CLO USD CLO USD CLO BCF Cash BCF BGLF Held Loans Income Notes Income Notes Warehouses & Expenses Source: Blackstone Credit. Represents BCF and BGLF c

  34. Slide 34: 2020 Return Analysis

    2020 RETURN ANALYSIS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET BGLF’s 2020 total net (NAV) return was -0.22% Contributors to Total Return Directly EUR CLO USD CLO USD CLO BCF Cash BCF BGLF Held Loans Income Notes Income Notes Warehouses & Expenses 10% 7.97% 8% 6% 6.64% 4% 1.09% 0.21% 0.21% 2% 1.34% -0.68%

  35. Slide 35: BGLF Total Returns Since Inception

    BGLF TOTAL RETURNS SINCE INCEPTION HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET 50.21% NAV and 24.41% share price cumulative total return since inception Versus 22.50% and 27.47% for European loans and US loans, respectively Annualised Net Total Return 20% 16.4% 15% 10% 6.2% 6.8% 6.9% 6.5% 5.2% 5% 3.5% 3.6% 4

  36. Slide 36: BGLF Monthly € NAV Total Return Performance

    BGLF MONTHLY € NAV TOTAL RETURN PERFORMANCE HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YTD 2020 BGLF € NAV 0.61% -1.10% -13.84% 3.91% -0.77% 5.51% 1.54% 0.81% -1.63% 1.60% 3.58% 0.96% -0.22% European Loans 0.51% -1.03% -13.57% 6.66% 3.28% 1.57% 0.82% 1.20% 0.7

  37. Slide 37: BGLF Monthly € NAV Total Return Performance

    BGLF MONTHLY € NAV TOTAL RETURN PERFORMANCE HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET 31/12/2015 – 31/12/2016 – 21/12/2017 – 31/12/2018 – 31/12/2019 – 31/12/2016 31/12/2017 31/12/2018 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 Discrete Performance BGLF € NAV 13.28% 1.38% 6.70% 14.46% -0.22% European Loans 6.52% 3.30% 0.55% 5.0

  38. Slide 38: VII. Market Overview

    HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET VII. Market Overview Blackstone | 37

  39. Slide 39: Market Overview

    MARKET OVERVIEW HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET The rollout of vaccination programmes, announcement of a COVID-19 stimulus bill in the US and a Brexit agreement in the UK all helped close off a strong quarter for leveraged loans, with CCC-rated assets outperforming higher quality cohorts. Corpora

  40. Slide 40: Market Overview

    MARKET OVERVIEW HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET Flows into leveraged loans remained challenged in 2020, however we are expecting increased demand for the asset class going forward, both from retail and institutional investors(1)  We expect an increase in demand in the US from retail investors se

  41. Slide 41: Global Credit Spreads and Prices Began to Recover in 3Q 2020

    GLOBAL CREDIT SPREADS AND PRICES BEGAN TO RECOVER IN 3Q 2020 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET Spread to Maturity Yield to Maturity (L+ / E+) 1,000 11% 800 9% 600 7% E+465 4.70% 400 5% L+416 4.26% 200 3% Sep-17 May-18 Jan-19 Sep-19 May-20 Dec-20 Sep-17 May-18 Jan-19 Sep-19 May-20 Dec-20 S&P Euro LL

  42. Slide 42: Global Loan Return by Quality

    GLOBAL LOAN RETURN BY QUALITY HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET CCC-rated loans have outperformed, particularly in Europe US Loan Returns by Quality European Loan Returns by Quality Source: Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index, Credit Suisse Western European Leveraged Loan Index (Hedged to Euro), as

  43. Slide 43: Global Loan Defaults

    GLOBAL LOAN DEFAULTS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET COVID-19-related restrictions and the oil-price war have led to elevated defaults in US loans, particularly in the energy and retail sectors Trailing 12-month Issuer Default Rate 9.3% 7.7% 6.8% 4.6% 4.7% 4.1% 3.3% 3.4% 3.1% 1.9% 1.8% 1.7% 1.5%

  44. Slide 44: Global CLO Issuance

    GLOBAL CLO ISSUANCE HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET Global CLO issuance advanced the prior quarter by 37% Quarterly issuance totalled $41.8 billion in 4Q ’20 versus $30.6 billion in 3Q ’20 CLO New Issuance ($ in billions) $161 $152 $143 $142 32 19 33 24 $118 $114 15 25 $92 $91 10 19 124 129 $54 1

  45. Slide 45: Global CLO Arbitrage

    GLOBAL CLO ARBITRAGE HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET The average quarterly arb continued to improve in 4Q ’20 as new issue CLO tranche spreads tightened US WA Spread and Cost of Capital European WA Spread and Cost of Capital (bp) (bp) 450 450 400 400 350 350 300 300 250 250 200 200 150 150 100 10

  46. Slide 46: VIII. BCF Sensitivity Analysis

    HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET VIII.BCF Sensitivity Analysis Blackstone | 45

  47. Slide 47: Changes to Assumptions Since Year End

    CHANGES TO ASSUMPTIONS SINCE YEAR END HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET  Similar to last quarter, Blackstone and Refinitiv held several discussions on assumptions before Refinitiv decided on a framework to apply to the portfolio  Mark to model assumptions for 4Q 2020 valuations refined to reflect

  48. Slide 48: Scenario Assumptions

    SCENARIO ASSUMPTIONS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET Current (31-Dec-20) Global Financial Crisis ("GFC") Stress - Market GFC Stress - Blackstone Credit Assumption EUR US EUR US EUR US Default and recovery assumptions aim to track CS Default and recovery assumptions aim to track BXC LCS (Western E

  49. Slide 49: Projected Equity Distributions

    PROJECTED EQUITY DISTRIBUTIONS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET Projected Equity Distributions (€ millions) 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Q1'21 Q2'21 Q3'21 Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 Q3'22 Q4'22 Q1'23 Q2'23 Current (31-Dec-20) GFC Stress (Market) GFC Stress (Blackstone Credit) Source: Blackstone Credit, Intex.

  50. Slide 50: Projected Interest Diversion Cushions

    PROJECTED INTEREST DIVERSION CUSHIONS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET Average Interest Diversion Cushions (%) 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 -1.0 Q1'21 Q2'21 Q3'21 Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 Q3'22 Q4'22 Q1'23 Q2'23 Current (31-Dec-20) GFC Stress (Market) GFC Stress (Blackstone Credit) Interest Diversion Failure

  51. Slide 51: US and European Default and CCC Projections

    US AND EUROPEAN DEFAULT AND CCC PROJECTIONS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET US Projected CCCs European Projected CCCs (%) (%) 14.0 14.0 12.0 12.0 10.0 10.0 8.0 8.0 6.0 6.0 4.0 4.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 Current (31-Dec-20) GFC Stress (Market) GFC Stress (Blackstone Credit) Current (31-Dec-20) GFC Stress

  52. Slide 52: Assumptions for Current Scenario in Sensitivity Analysis

    ASSUMPTIONS FOR “CURRENT” SCENARIO IN SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET Model Assumptions:  The CLO Equity positions are dependent on various assumptions influencing the net returns, which are projected in Intex  Blackstone Credit’s liquid credit analysts updated their near-t

  53. Slide 53: Case Study: 2007 USD CLO – Inwood Park CLO

    Sample – For Illustrative Purposes Only. Not a BCF Investment CASE STUDY: 2007 USD CLO – INWOOD PARK CLO HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET CLO Income Notes Have Been Resilient Even Through the Great Financial Crisis As They Continued to Make Distributions Without Significant Loss to the Par of Unde

  54. Slide 54: Case Study: 2007 EUR CLO – Harbourmaster CLO 7

    Sample – For Illustrative Purposes Only. Not a BCF Investment CASE STUDY: 2007 EUR CLO – HARBOURMASTER CLO 7 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET CLO Income Notes Have Been Resilient Even Through the Great Financial Crisis As They Continued to Make Distributions Without Significant Loss to the Par of

  55. Slide 55: IX. Additional Information

    HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET IX. Additional Information Blackstone | 54

  56. Slide 56: What Is a CLO?

    WHAT IS A CLO? HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET CLOs are securitisations backed by a diversified pool of Senior Secured Loans Payments  A CLO is a special purpose company that issues debt and equity and uses the proceeds to invest in a diversified portfolio of senior secured loans Liabilities  I

  57. Slide 57: How Do Loan Downgrades Affect CLOs?

    HOW DO LOAN DOWNGRADES AFFECT CLO S ? HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET CLO Coverage Tests Notable Haircuts to OC and ID Tests Overcollateralisation Test (“OC Test”)  CCC exposure > 7.5% (market value; example below)  A ratio of asset par (with Haircuts) divided by  Defaulted/deferring assets (l

  58. Slide 58: ESG Service Providers

    ESG SERVICE PROVIDERS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET We are working with select service providers to enhance ESG risk management and due diligence procedures ERM  A leading global provider of environmental, health,  An environmental, social and corporate governance safety, sustainability and r

  59. Slide 59: X. Key Risk Factors

    HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET X. Key Risk Factors Blackstone | 58

  60. Slide 60: Key Risk Factors

    KEY RISK FACTORS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET In considering any investment performance information contained in the materials, prospective and current investors should bear in mind that past or projected performance is not necessarily indicative of future results and there can be no assurance

  61. Slide 61: Key Risk Factors

    KEY RISK FACTORS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET No Assurance of Investment Return. Prospective investors should be aware that an investment in the Company is speculative and involves a high degree of risk. There can be no assurance that the Company will achieve comparable results, implement its

  62. Slide 62: XI. Important Disclosure Information

    HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET XI. Important Disclosure Information Blackstone | 61

  63. Slide 63: Important Disclosure Information

    IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET BGLF has engaged Blackstone Ireland Fund Management Limited to produce this report and BGLF (including its directors) has not been involved in the production of the report or verified the accuracy of its contents and therefore accep

  64. Slide 64: Important Disclosure Information

    IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET Information contained herein which relates to the net asset value performance of the Fund may not be indicative of how the Fund's investments may perform in the future. Moreover the values of such investments may fluctuate considera

  65. Slide 65: Important Disclosure Information (Cont'd)

    IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION (CONT’D) HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET Any targets, forecasts, estimates, or similar returns set forth herein are based on Blackstone Credit’s belief about the returns that may be achievable on investments that the Fund intends to pursue. Targets, forecasts, and

  66. Slide 66: Important Disclosure Information (Cont'd)

    IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION (CONT’D) HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET Prospective investors should be aware that an investment in the Fund involves a high degree of risk. There may be occasions when the management company of the Fund, the principals, Blackstone Credit, Blackstone and their af

  67. Slide 67: Important Disclosure Information (Cont'd)

    IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION (CONT’D) HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET Blackstone Ireland Limited and Blackstone Ireland Fund Management Limited are authorised and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. Blackstone Ireland Limited, Blackstone Ireland Fund Management Limited, the funds they m

  68. Slide 68: Important Disclosure Information (Cont'd) – Australia

    IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION (CONT’D) HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET AUSTRALIA The provision of this document to any person does not constitute an offer of securities or financial products of any kind to that person or an invitation to that person to apply for securities or financial product

  69. Slide 69: Important Disclosure Information (Cont'd) – Canada

    IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION (CONT’D) HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET CANADA These materials and the information contained herein are not, and under no circumstances are to be construed as, a prospectus, an offering memorandum, an advertisement or a public offering of securities in Canada or

  70. Slide 70: Important Disclosure Information (Cont'd) – European Economic Area

    IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION (CONT’D) HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET SPECIAL NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA In relation to each member state of the EEA (each a “Member State”) which has implemented the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (Directive (

  71. Slide 71: Important Disclosure Information (Cont'd) – Japan

    IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION (CONT’D) HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET JAPAN THE SHARES OF THE COMPANY MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR A PUBLIC OFFERING IN JAPAN UNLESS A SECURITIES REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 4, PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND EXCHANGE ACT OF JAPAN (INCLUDI

  72. Slide 72: Important Disclosure Information (Cont'd) – People's Republic of China

    IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION (CONT’D) HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TRADE SECRET PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA This document and the related documents do not and are not intended to constitute a sale, an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, directly or indirectly, any securities in the Peopl

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